Find your role model

This book contains games from every single female World Champion, as well as young up and comers, top seasoned professionals, streamers, and even a section at Beth Harmon from the recent famed Queen’s Gambit hit show.

Strategic Ideas and Powerful Weapons

The Pirc Defence and the Modern Defence are two naturally entwined chess openings that are both flexible and rich in strategic and tactical ideas. They feature in the repertoire of great players like Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Nakamura and Carlsen.

In The Perfect Pirc-Modern, Viktor Moskalenko, a renowned propagator of dynamic chess who has championed the Pirc-Modern for many years, explains:

Fundamentales Schachwissen mit GM Thomas Luther

In diesem Band setzt FIDE Senior Trainer und Großmeister Thomas Luther den Kurs zur Schachtaktik fort, der er mit dem Buch Einführung in die Elementartaktik begonnen hat. Durch einen Test mit 50 Aufgaben aus aller Welt kann der Leser sehen, wo er steht. Dann werden die wichtigsten Taktikmotive fortgesetzt mit der Hin- und Weglenkung, Figuren in der Falle, Röntgen-Angriff sowie Remis- und Mattkombinationen.

One of the most challenging tasks in a chess game is to find the correct strategy. It is far easy to attack too randomly, to miss a vital opportunity, or even choose the wrong plan altogether. These are all mistakes frequently seen by even quite strong players.

Mastering Passed Pawn Play

Pawn play is a fundamental aspect of chess strategy, yet often neglected in chess literature. In this, his second book on pawn play, Super-GM Sam Shankland sheds light on the vital topic of Passed Pawns.

Passed pawns - whether connected, lone or protected - are common occurrences in middlegames and endgames, and your effectiveness in playing with or against them will make the difference between victory and defeat. Just like in his previous book, Shankland breaks down each topic into a series of crystal-clear guidelines to aid the reader.

In chess, as in repair or construction jobs, you will not get very far without the right equipment. If you want to win more games you simply need the right tools. Unfortunately, most amateur chess players have no toolbox to speak of. What’s more, they don’t even know which tools they actually need. Or what tools are available. If a chess hardware store would exist, most amateur chess players would be clueless what to ask for.

Man verrät nichts Neues mit der Feststellung, dass die meisten Spieler bei Weitem lieber angreifen, als sich zu verteidigen. Auch ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass sich verschiedenste Autoren schon seit mehr als einem Jahrhundert in etlichen Büchern dem populären Thema 'Angriff' gewidmet haben.

Improve Your Vision, Sharpen Your Talons, Forget Your Fear

Are you a dove or a hawk? Is your natural instinct at the chessboard for caution and strategy or do you crave adventure and confrontation? This question may be more important than you think because being aware of your personal style (and that of your opponent) is essential in your development as a chess player.

In Dynamic Decision Making in Chess former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand continues his investigation into decision-making at the top level, discussing some of his best games as well as his worst slips, giving the reader a unique insight into the mind of a world-class grandmaster.

Grandmaster Boris Gelfand has been an elite player for 30 years, winning the World Cup, Olympiad Gold, Candidates and many other top tournaments. In 2015 Positional Decision Making in Chess won the ECF Book of the Year award.

Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. In his efforts to explain his way of thinking, Boris Gelfand focuses on such topics as the squeeze, space advantage, the transformation of pawn structures and the transformation of advantages. Based on examples from his own games and those of his hero, Akiba Rubinstein, Gelfand explains how he thinks during the game.

A Grandmaster Guide

Mauricio Flores Rios provides an in-depth study of the 28 most common structures in chess practice. In Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide you will find:

• Carefully selected model games showing each structure’s main plans and ideas
• Strategic patterns to observe and typical pitfalls to avoid
• 50 positional exercises with detailed solutions

Want to improve at chess? Then you’ll need to improve your understanding of chess strategy. You probably knew that already – but how to begin to study such a vast and seemingly complex subject? International Master Adam Hunt is a full-time chess teacher and is thus very familiar with this problem. His solution is to present an accessible and easy-to-read guide for club players and juniors. Hunt studies all the key components of chess strategy, including development, king safety, attack and defence, initiative, pawn play and much more. He examines not only grandmaster games but also those played by students, demonstrates model strategic play, identifies typical mistakes and explains how to avoid them.

In Strategic Play Jacob Aagaard digs deep into the most complex area of chess thinking. The games and exercises in this book transcend regular chess skills, such as pattern recognition, calculation and positional analysis. Building on the two previous books in the Grandmaster Preparation series, this book challenges the reader to explore the complexities of chess, offering clarity and understanding through Aagaard’s straightforward approach.

Jürgen Kaufeld, Guido Kern

226 Seiten, kartoniert, 1. Auflage 2009, deutsch.

The Road to Positional Advantage

Herman Grooten

412 Seiten, kartoniert, 1. Auflage 2009, englisch.